Everything You Need to Know About OFAC List Search
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a department of the U.S. Treasury that is...
AML in Banking: What You Need To Know
Since the AML ACT of 2020, there has been an overall shift in the U.S. regulatory regime toward...
Latvia Seeks To Rebuild Reputation in the Face of Russian Sanctions
This week, the WSJ reported that Latvia is seeking to rebuild its reputation in face of Russia...
List of Jurisdictions with a Golden Visa Program
Golden Passports or Visas, a citizenship by investment or residency by investment program, has...
Guide to Potential Russian Sanctions Evasion
Vladimir Putin's recent deadly aggression against Ukraine has put pressure on the international...
U.S. and its Allies Launch the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Multilateral Task Force
This week, the United States and its allies launched the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs...
Are You With Me?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has abruptly transformed the world. In response, an increasing number...
The Russian Exposure
In just over a week since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the global economy has experienced a...
Sigma Ratings Makes Key Russia Data Available to Help Users Uncover Hidden Risks
Over the past week, the world has watched the crisis unfolding in Ukraine in disbelief, anger and...
Why This is Different
When I interviewed with the U.S. Treasury in 2005, the Department was undergoing a major...
The New Frontier: Modernizing Sanctions in a New Geopolitical Stage
Last week, the WSJ reported that the Biden administration plans to limit the use of sanctions in a...
A New Regime
This week, from the U.S sanctions against SUEX OTC, the first time the Treasury Department has...
Extended Sanctions Risk
Not everybody has a glass-half-full kind of mentality, but when it comes to ownership by sanctioned...
How Compliance Professionals Should Be Thinking About Afghanistan
From a financial crime perspective, financial institutions, fintechs, and others should proactively...
From "Trade War" to "Tech War" and Back Again
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it added 7 Chinese companies in the...
Sanctions Flex
This week, the United States, EU, UK and Canada announced coordinated sanctions against key Chinese...
From the Balance Sheet to the Value Sheet
This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year...
Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
This week, as the United States’ Senate held the confirmation hearings on presidential nominations,...
Fire & Ice
This week, the outgoing U.S. administration has continued its “aggressive use of sanctions” with a...
From Macro to Micro
This week, global firms find themselves in the crosshairs of increasing geopolitical tensions...
Kabul via Khartoum
This week, as the Afghan peace deal went into effect, which includes the potential removal of...
